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Not Waving but Drowning

04/28/2026 14:58h
Highlight Actions Enable or disable annotations Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out than you thought And not waving but drowning. Poor chap, he always loved larking larking Playing tricks, kidding, fooling around. And now he’s dead It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way, They said. Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all my life And not waving but drowning.